PERSPECTIVE

Alright, I am now reading my new book called THE SON OF NEPTUNE!!!!!!!!!!!! Percy Jackson lovers, I know you're jealous, and people who have not read the series, do it. NOW!! But anyway this post is about the perspective of my book not how awesome it is so here it goes!

    In the book, "The Son of Neptune" I have come to the conclusion that my story is told in third person limited but alternates perspectives of different characters every couple of chapters. An example to back up my conclusion would be chapter 1: Percy followed, staggering under the weight of the old lady who was definitely getting heavier. He didn't know how that girl Hazel would hold off the gorgons by herself, but he was too tired to argue." You can tell it's third person limited because only Percy's thoughts and feelings are revealed to the reader, although it's not told in first person, because the author is referring to Percy as "Percy" instead of "I" or "me". Another example would be, " In the past few days he'd hardly slept. He'd eaten whatever he could scrounge-vending machine gummi bears, stale bagels, even a Jack in the Crack burrito, which was a new personal low." This sentence is mostly told in third person objective, but it also mentions that eating a Jack in the Crack burrito is a "new personal low" for Percy, which you wouldn't have known about if this sentence wasn't told from Percy's perspective.  An example of how Percy's perspective is directly revealed would be, "Then he thought about Annabeth, the only part of his old life he was sure about," This sentence is directly stating his thoughts about Annabeth. (His girlfriend) An example of how his perspective is indirectly revealed would be, " Percy ran for the door in the hillside. June got heavier with every step. Percy's heart pounded. His ribs ached." From this sentence, you can assume that Percy is scared, in extreme pain, but still determined to get to the door in the hillside. And finally an example of how the narration shapes the reader's perspective on a specific person or event: "Then she'd met Percy.  At first, when she saw him stumbling up the highway with the old lady in his arms, Hazel had thought he might be a god in disguise. Even though he was beat up, dirty, and stooped with exhaustion, he'd had an aura of power."